video;

[bearshermark]

[A wide-eyed Elliott appears on video suddenly, hair tousled like he's been running his fingers through it a lot. His voice holds a note of urgency]

Guys.

I've been looking at my notes, and there's stuff about- about all this. Like I don't fully understand everything, but I just--

The stones are- the gods-

[He reaches back for something and reads off of it]

Even the altar. Like. They're all malachite?? Malachite is 'a gift from Nevedomost'. The priest's name is Neved?? 16 recesses. But there's only 8 stones listed.. Oh, he's- he's unbalanced.

Even- even the palace guard Uspor- Usporiadat? Zmat in the market. What kind of--

The King being sick or possessed after he went out there. Anthony could sense it- the deities battling in the hills?? Are there really?

[He glances around, possessed by a growing frenetic energy]

This is- I can't- I need to do.. something with all this.


Edit:

My notes. Add stuff if you want?

Elliott N. would like to share a document with you.

Comments

[darkforcerising]

Did you pound back like five red bulls?

Text

[hardtoignore]

Where are you? Text me back at my private number.

[bearshermark]

No!! I was just looking at-

We might be talking to gods whenever we go there!??

[A face like Anakin should completely understand why he's wigging out like he has downed 5 red bulls]

Video

[smilingarmor]

OK, first of all, breathe, Elliot darling. You won't be able to do anything if you work yourself up into a panic.

Then, once you've calmed down a bit, tell us about this theory of yours.

Text

[bearshermark]

I can barely trypwe tmny fingers wont estop shaking

home rn

u k?

[darkforcerising]

Across the portals?

[Look, Anakin didn't read anything, he'll need to be spoon fed some information.]

Re: Video

[bearshermark]

[He's breathing. He's breathing so well he might need to stop before he passes out]

Sylv! We- I can't. There's.. I have notes. I can't.. oh my god.

[bearshermark]

Yes??

[Like what else would he be talking about with names like this do u even portal]

Voice

[ashenscipher]

You think... gods are just, what? Living life over in another universe...

Okay, now that I say that out loud, the possibility seems both impossible... but also possible.

Re: Text, no longer on the open network

[hardtoignore]

You’re scaring me to death dude
Are you okay do you need a doctor
is your mom home???

Re: Text, no longer on the open network

[bearshermark]

FINE Im fine I promise hust

does this nave to eb texct rmn

Re: Text, no longer on the open network

[hardtoignore]

I’m coming over, just let me tell kris okay

[darkforcerising]

[LOL - do you portal]

Okay, what makes you think they are gods?

[bearshermark]

[Finally someone he might be able to talk to. He breathes.]

Not- not ours maybe- if we have any, but the other world, yeah. They're just there, I think. Not themselves- not balanced.

Re: Video

[smilingarmor]

[Elliott's clearly discovered something momentous, or thinks he has. But it's not going to do him a lot of good if he passes out.]

I mean breathe slowly. Sit down and take slow, deep breaths for a moment before you pass out from hyperventilating.

[ashenscipher]

Alright. Start at the basics. First, you think they are the gods because their names are similar?

Could they just have been named for them?

In person

[hardtoignore]

[Clarence makes it to the Naeuri’s in record time. Kris saw the pale look to his face and insisted he take her bike if he was so worried. He barely managed to get his thanks out before he was out the door and pedaling down the street like a man on a mission. As soon as he’s there he drops the bike on the stoop and pounds on the door.]

El! Let me in!

[bearshermark]

[Oh my god he does not need this rn]

Okay, like. Just.. I can't debate that right now. For the sake of the argument, they are whatever that means. There's two sides of them, according to one of the books: balanced and unbalanced.

I think.. what we're seeing now with the possession stuff is a result of that imbalance. Only.. I don't know how to fix it. The gods should be able to you'd think, right? If that's what they are. But they're unbalanced, I think. That's the problem.

[bearshermark]

Okay okay.

I mean yes that could be a thing. But there's already three.. maybe four? What was the librarian's name...

[Elliott zones out a moment to think, then shakes his head]

Anyway, uh.. yeah, that'd be a heck of a coincidence? I mean I don't have proof of course, but the.. the ones battling in the hills. Maybe I should go there and look into that. If there's anyone, ask what their names are..

[darkforcerising]

Okay... What book says that?

[bearshermark]

[He's right, he's probably really right, but breathing more slowly when his heart is hammering this hard and his palms are slick is easier said than done.

Excuse him a moment Sylv, he's going to flop down and stare up at the ceiling for a minute where if passes out, he won't hurt himself.

It takes a minute or two before he settles, but he doesn't sit up just yet, so Sylv just gets to stare at an odd sideview of him laying down]

Okay. Okay. So uh.. [The heels of his palms dig into his eyes] There's- there's things happening in that other world, right? The King is sick or possessed and people are becoming possessed and acting crazy. I think.. Well, I don't know but there's.. I think maybe a lot of it has to do with the- the deities.

Okay?

[bearshermark]

Uh..

[Sec, note checking.]

'Ancient Deities of Krajina Bozstiev' from- from uh, the library, yeah.

[ashenscipher]

[Bitterblue figures it would be bad to point out how popular the name Jesus is right then.]

Did you take notes from the books? Let's go over those.

[bearshermark]

[The door wrenches open, Elliott looking a little harried. He's dressed down for sleep, but obviously that's very far from his mind right now. He looks okay other than the messy hair and lingering quake in his fingers. And the quick, almost uncharacteristically impatient way he speaks]

I'm okay, I'm okay, okay? Just.. sorry um, I don't know. Come in, I guess.

[smilingarmor]

[OK, he's settled down a bit, good. He can deal with the odd sideview for the moment.

Emberto nods.]

Yes, I heard about the king. It's unfortunate, of course, but what makes you think it has to do with the local deities?